Clinician type
Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons
At a glance
- Practicing in the U.S.
- 8,436
- Per 100,000 residents
- 2.5
- Women
- 11%
- Median years since graduating
- 22
Who they are
- Women 11%
- Graduated 35 or more years ago 22%
- Offer telehealth 2%
- Accept Medicare’s approved amount 81%
Sex and credentials from NPPES. Graduation year, telehealth and Medicare assignment from Medicare Care Compare, which covers clinicians enrolled in Medicare.
Where they practice
What they do most for Medicare patients
- New patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-44 minutes 7,934
- Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 20-29 minutes 6,897
- New patient office or other outpatient visit, 15-29 minutes 6,866
- X-ray of lower jaws, upper jaws and teeth 6,405
- Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes 5,901
- New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes 3,969
- Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 10-19 minutes 3,341
- Removal of growth of mouth with simple repair 1,521
- New patient office or other outpatient visit, 60-74 minutes 1,324
- Ct scan of face without contrast 1,284
- Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 40-54 minutes 1,121
- 3d radiographic procedure with computerized image postprocessing 949
Services billed to traditional Medicare in 2023 (Physician and Other Practitioners data); drugs given in the office are left out.
What they prescribe most
- Amoxicillin 27.9%
- Chlorhexidine Gluconate (Periogard) 21.0%
- Ibuprofen (Caldolor, Ibu) 13.4%
- Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen (Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen) 13.2%
- Clindamycin Hcl 4.0%
- Acetaminophen With Codeine (Acetaminophen-Codeine) 2.5%
- Tramadol Hcl 2.5%
- Amoxicillin/Potassium Clav (Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Pot Er, Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass) 2.4%
- Oxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen (Endocet, Oxycodone-Acetaminophen, Percocet) 2.3%
- Azithromycin (Azasite, Zithromax) 1.9%
- Penicillin V Potassium 1.7%
- Oxycodone Hcl (Oxycontin, Roxicodone, Roxybond) 1.3%
- Ondansetron 0.8%
- Cephalexin 0.7%
- Methylprednisolone (Medrol) 0.5%
Share of this specialty’s Medicare Part D prescriptions in 2024, including refills. Select a drug to see which of these clinicians prescribe it most, and where.
Hospitals where the most work
- Geisinger Medical Center Danville, PA 30 Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons at Geisinger Medical Center
- Emory Decatur Hospital Decatur, GA 21 Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons at Emory Decatur Hospital
- University of Michigan Health System Ann Arbor, MI 9 Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons at University of Michigan Health System
- Boston Medical Center Boston, MA 8 Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons at Boston Medical Center
- M Health Fairview Southdale Hospital Edina, MN 7 Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons at M Health Fairview Southdale Hospital
- New York-Presbyterian Hospital New York, NY 7 Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons at New York-Presbyterian Hospital
- Harris Health Houston, TX 7 Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons at Harris Health
- St Lukes Hospital Bethlehem, PA 7 Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons at St Lukes Hospital
- University of Iowa Hospital & Clinics Iowa City, IA 6 Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons at University of Iowa Hospital & Clinics
- University Medical Center of El PAso El PAso, TX 6 Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons at University Medical Center of El PAso
Clinicians who list the hospital in Medicare Care Compare. The number opens the list of who works there.
Schools they graduated from most
- New York University College of Dentistry 36
- Tufts University School of Dental Medicine 32
- University of Iowa College of Dentistry 24
- University of Minnesota School of Dentistry 24
- University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine 21
- University of Michigan School of Dentistry 19
- Univ of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine 18
- Columbia University College of Dental Medicine 17
- Temple University School of Medicine 17
- Indiana University School of Dentistry 15
From Medicare Care Compare (Medicare-enrolled clinicians only).
Industry payments
Drug and device makers reported $3.9M in general payments to 3,886 clinicians in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons in 2025. See who received the most
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2025. A payment is not evidence of wrongdoing.
Sources: CMS NPPES (counts, sex, credentials), Medicare Care Compare (schools, graduation years, hospitals, telehealth), CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners (2023) and Part D Prescribers (2024), CMS Open Payments (2025), ACGME program requirements (training length), OpenAlex (research), U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020–2024 (population).